Security Operations Centre Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 349 409
Rank change year-on-year +21 +60 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 7 28 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.061% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.52% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 25
10th Percentile £40,870 £34,750 £45,100
25th Percentile £46,685 £42,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -13.08% -
75th Percentile £62,000 £61,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £62,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,813 5,420 6,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.23% 30.60% 39.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 3,993 3,068
10th Percentile £27,650 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,688 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Centre within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -4 7 £55,000 -6.38% 34
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Operations
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 3 (42.86%) SIEM
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
5 2 (28.57%) Runbook
5 2 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (14.29%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CEH
3 2 (28.57%) CISA
3 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (28.57%) CRISC
3 2 (28.57%) GCIH
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) GISF
3 2 (28.57%) ISACA
3 2 (28.57%) SANS
3 2 (28.57%) SSCP
4 1 (14.29%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) AlienVault
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk